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Leigh Newman recommended Road Song in Books (curated)

 
Road Song
Road Song
Natalie Kusz | 2021
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"Natalie Kusz’s often-overlooked but astonishing memoir follows the story of her family, who jumped in a car in California in 1969 and moved to Alaska to homestead off the land near Fairbanks, where temperatures in the winter regular drop to 40 below. Kusz, who is 6 at the time, is attacked (and almost killed) by a sled dog, but the most compelling parts of the book are her poetic, unflinching reflections on everything from daughterhood to motherhood to what it means to build your own home—literally, out of scrap lumber and visqueen."

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Kathy Najimy recommended Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family in Books (curated)

 
Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family
Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family
Najla Said | 2013 | Biography, History & Politics
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"I found this book interesting, uncomfortably informative, addictive and necessary. “Looking for Palestine” is a memoir/coming-of-age by the young Najla Said, an actress, writer and daughter of the brilliant Edward Said (a Columbia professor and prominent advocate of Palestine independence), and Mariam Said (artist, writer and activist). I’ve seen Najla’s play of the same name, but her book took me even further into this young New Yorker’s quest to make some sense of all of her worlds. If your goal is to be immersed and moved, this is it."

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Chutzpah & High Heels: The Search for Love and Identity in the Holy Land in Books

Oct 7, 2020  
Chutzpah & High Heels: The Search for Love and Identity in the Holy Land
Chutzpah & High Heels: The Search for Love and Identity in the Holy Land
Jessica Fishman | 2017
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This memoir is the true story of Jessica Fishman, a young Jewish woman from the USA and her experiences when she moved to Israel to start a life there. In this book, Fishman details all the pitfalls of her learning Hebrew, getting into the army, finding a job as a civilian as well as the straw that broke the camel's back and forced her back to America (for a while). Read what I thought of this autobiography in my review here.
https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2017/08/08/now-youre-an-immigrant/